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This double page spread was taken from Billboard magazine featuring an interview with pop superstar Katy Perry. The main image is placed entirely on a separate page with the text separated into three columns beside it. The central third of the left hand page is used to take up a pull quote from within the full article. This allows the audience to be drawn into the article and also provides the most important content of the article which will appeal to their audience. The image of Katy Perry is much sexualised, as she is wearing shorts and a cleavage revealing bra; this is the central peak of colour against the conventional black text against a white background. This sexual image will appeal to their target audience of 16-24 year olds who are interested in pop music. Billboard uses a serif font for their articles whereas they would use sans serif fonts mainly for cover lines. This makes the article appear more intellectually appealing to the audience. A drop cap is used at a beginning of one paragraph to show that the author of the article has changed topic or the situation conventions have changed. A small sub-heading is used at the header

BY SIAN LYNES

JUXTAPOSITION OF ELEMENTS

The columns of the text have been split in 3 columns and separated into paragraphs. This makes it clearer for the reader to distinguish and makes the text look less intimidating. The font kerning in the pull-quote is quite close but not too much that it doesn’t touch, this is because then it may be difficult to work out the separation of letters. The posing of the female in the image is also provocative as she is exposing a lot of body with her legs apart and looking as if she is cooking. This is crucial as it submits a message that women are stereotyped into kitchen work but despite this it appeals to the reader as she looks sexy against the back drop. The pull quote suggests that there is a secret persona behind the ‘good girl Katy Perry’ which will intrigue the audience to read it and gain information about the star which they might not know. This is commonly used in many magazines as the reader feels they are part of an exclusive group by being informed on unique information in a star. This helps sell the